New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-12
MRS MoRGAN'S FURNITURE.
INTERESTING SALE IN HER FORMER HOME
CROWDS IN THE HANDSOME MADISON SQUARE
nousY-pRICEs FoR VARIOUS ARTICLES.

HOUSE-PRlCES FOR VARIOUS ANTILLES.
At No. East Twenty -sYth-st. there was enter
tanned yesterday crowd of people not down on its
once famous list OF visitors. Tho announcement that
Mrs Mary Morgans costly furniture, rugs, curtains
Carpets cut glass, china, silver, bric-a-brac, etc.,
Nonld be sold at auction brought a swarm of people
who settled in tho as locusts would on wheat
field They pretty nearly stripped everything, too
and left to Auctioneer Thomas E. Kirby only husk
OF his famous stentoran voice. Yet he survived and
roughly estimated, he disposed VI $4,000 worth OF
goods between 1880 am. and p M. The rooms Ia
The Morgan house not largc-they make up in
finish and in ch and attractive decorations what they
lack in sze-and the people had to elbow, Jostle and
crane their necks to see what Was being disposed or
There was an average attendance all day OF about
800, and they had to see everything Notwithstanding
the liberal exhibition preceding the sale.
Everything seemed to go off satisfactorily, and the
numerous mirrors caught more smiles than generally
fall 10 humanity, though they cast tremendous num-
Der OF reflections on the crowd The principal pur.
chasers were we-knOwn dealers OF this city and
n mysterious Mr.. Hahn and friend OF his, Mr..
Brahms whose purchases, it is said. will never be
found far away from the Morgan heirs. Among the
well known bidders " ere Edgar s, Alien OF No ia
Fourthave.; Alfred Birchett the diamond broker OF
No 341 West Thirty .second-st l.. +. Boys, OF No %
Union Square; James w. Quintard and Messrs. John
son. Newcombe, Sexton and RAYMOND. The sale
included 40 lots. Mr.. Kirby posted himself in the
door between the drawing room aud dning-room and
began the dir ing room fixtures. The glassware,
et0 brought only far prices but when Sns irh Attire
came out ahead though he paid only VI $50 TOR the
set which cost originally 5000. This included an
deliberately carved oak extension dining table,
eighteen feet long, with an oak lsafcase and Italian
marble top: n carved oak sideboard. Sienna marble
top and French plate mirror back; eight carved oak
dining chairs backs and seats upholstered with garnet
velour arIn-cbairs to match oak buffet and an-
other to match a mirror by lo teet French plate,
carved oak frame; carved oak side table and other
pieces The furniture tho house made by
lIercr Bros, Cottior erts Bros. and others. Among
the silver pair of solid silver vino casters, two
bottles each, went for S2S each, and u solid silver
dinnp sterw
The crowd fingered long In the drawing-room, which
was filed With costly furniture, bric:abrac, etc. The
drawing-roo suite, consisting OF deliberately carved
solid rosewood frames, upholstered with mauye, all;
silk plush embroidered gold ornamcLtation of Oriental
designs, OF eleven Pieces was sold to Mr. Quintard for
$3.50. rosewood cabinet, ~ by ~ by 10 inches,
outside measurement inaid with brass and motherot
pearl made to order from original designs started at
rosewood cabinet 30 by 65 by 10 inches deliberately
inald with mother pearl, and got it tor 81 600 the
FIRST bid being $1,000. He also paid 81 800 for
solid silver mechanical steamboat with a music-boI
attachment This was wedding present and the bid
ding was lively. the first offer being 5000
Tic interest in the bric-abrac pretty general,
for the collection large and varied Bnt the main
interest of the crowd centred the flint glass
service. II placed in n large glass casc In the
centre OF the drawngroom. Ii consists OF 226 pieces
which include Is sweetmeat trays with handles, y
ce-cream plates, IS finger bowls, IL tumblers, IL
lemonade glasses, Is champagne glasses, Il port
glasses. aucurs. II goblets, Is claet' II shor.
ries. pint decanters, liqucur dccanters. caret
decantera, gnart decanters, round dishes and
oy al di-hes. The Get made to order by Webb, OF
London from original designs furnished by Tiffany g
Co. and IL Ia the only service OF its description In
istrnce Tiffany & Co. still have tho mOuds The
service cost SIS O0O aud the last Morgan sale the
auctoncer refused to start 70 AZ SO 600 and withdrew
Ii at 50 ZOO. The first bid Mr. Kirby got yesterday
Tor the service 81 900 and what was worse, IT
took some seconds to raise H. Finally r. 3. Allen and
Alfred Brchett began 10 raise each other in email
amounts. Mr.. ALLEN stopped at ~ 900 and Mr.
Brche,t got the service for 670. II said that
he bought IL Mr. Cotter. the well known furniture
man. though the truth of that statement could not DO
asceTtaiacd.
lie han furniture and adornmens had only one good
sale-that of an antique Daghestan rug tor $40,
which sad 10 have cost 81 POO. II Is Sl2 by 20
feet and was bought by Mr.. Parker. The kn'ck-
Endcks IN tho library went largely 70 the dealers at
small prices. Mrs. Drummer bought mantel set
a French movement clock with rose
antique marble with wrought bronze cat and
IN relief and pair oil covered 10 ms ch IS
pieces for $50 The bedroom furniture brought
tar prices 4 carved rosewood bedstead with hand
decorated panels was knocked down at 1910, and a
larye carved dressing bureau with Sienna
marble top, bcyslcd mirrors and hand painted medal
lion found purchaser tor 900.
Ia the gallery screen ia the style of Louis XVI
panels oi Beauvas tapestry, " hich said 10 have
cost = GOO. commanded halt that hcure. The most
important sale in this that Of the carpet IL
"a n large antique Daghestan carpet, II feet and
inches by 81 ic.t and ths auct.oneer stated that IL
was worth originally $1,000 Mr.. Parker took II for
8 ,O2J. Some o. the furniture went Tor cong